CIT orders Rolls-Royce Trent engines for Airbus A350s, A330s

Rolls-Royce has won an order from US leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines to power 10 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus A330 aircraft.
The Trent XWB engines are for the 10 A350s CIT ordered in January, which were in addition to five A350 XWB aircraft already on order.
Specifically designed for the A350, more than 1,200 Trent XWBs have already been sold. The engine variant that will power the A350-800 and -900 was awarded European Aviation ...

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